It was Sir Mix-a-Lot who last reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. No other Seattle-area artist has reached the top spot since. The song that took him there, “Baby Got Back” was released as a single 18 years ago Saturday. …

Was “Avatar” satanic? Mark Driscoll thinks so. In fact, the founder of Seattle’s Mars Hill Church told his congregation last Sunday that the highest grossing movie of all time is “the most demonic, satanic film I’ve ever seen.” …